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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1937

Page

6

Pleasant Hill Social Notes Include Visits And Gatherings

Reverend Sharpe of Ainsworth called at Leslie Beenblossom’s home Tuesday afternoon. Janet Lea Simmering visited her relatives the Edds Simmering family. Warren Groff and the Groff sisters Goldie and Dorothy visited the Anderson home. Velma Kephart stayed with Gladys Wolfe over the weekend. The Riefers and Kerrs visited Fred Heck’s home. Gretchen Sarchett from Town City visited Simmering family and a picnic followed. The Lambert family shared ice cream and strawberries at the Lytle home.

Gladys Wolfe Kay Riefer William Kerr June Rock Island Fred Heck Gretchen Sarchett Town City Selen Hazel Ralph Lytle Frank Heck Daugh Ter Emma Dubuque Clyde Lambert New London Lambert Wassons Ray Reifer Rock [Lind Lit Orville Harney John Erlenbush H. L. Wittrey Bryan Swift Will Myers Glenn Pratt Harald Beenblosom Margaret Kate Will Caldwell Alvin Kephart Lawrence Kepharia Kidd Chalupa J. C. Linder Washington Will Gamon Marjorie M. W. R. Gamon Glenn Beenblossom Roy Randall Leslie Beanblossom Earl Kephart Loward Bakery Prunday Edd Simmering Helen John Simmering Sr Mer Arthur Eden Will Miler Delian Miller Francis Jeaneek Raymond Wheelan Francis Margaret Snider Heek Zella Wasson Arlen Maxine Lambert Everett ‘Ewts Chalupas Margaret Chellupa

Local families host proximity gatherings in Lexington area

Numerous neighbors and relatives gathered Sunday for informal visits and ice cream at various homes. Attendees included the Beene blossoms, Lambert and Henderson families, and local residents from New London to Wellman, with activities ranging from piano and band lessons to a Mother's Day picnic at Sunset Park.

Local Family News From West Liberty and Nearby Towns

Page, John Mapel, Miss Darlene Lyle, Junor Henderson and Joe Schantz are noted in social items. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tadlock enjoy a new screened porch. The Gardner family joins a Father’s Day dinner at Rev. Walter Smith’s West Liberty home with F E Gardner of Washington also present. Jerry Gardner returns from a week at the Smith home. Wade Gardner joins a Tau Kappa Epsilon reunion in Ames. Richard Gardner accompanies him. They visit the Oscar Lane home in Newton on the return trip.

Richard Gardner Oscar Lane Newton

Oiled Parchment Windows in Ancient Crete Palaces

A fragment notes that Crete’s palaces used oiled parchment in windows as a primitive light barrier and see through aid. The passage frames parchment alongside what was termed glass in antiquity. It hints at technical choices for interior illumination and exterior visibility in palace architecture.

Ancient Crete

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